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Joint resolution authorizing a contract for the intersection improvement of Fairfield Road and Illinois Route 176, Fairfield/176 intersection improvement, to Berger Excavating, Wauconda, Illinois, in the amount of $11,839,495.86, and designated as Section 12-00113-17-CH.
Staff Summary
· Fairfield/176 Junction Improvement; Contract Award.
· This improvement includes the reconstruction and widening of Fairfield Road at Illinois Route 176, from one lane to two through lanes in each direction, turn lanes, the installation of new traffic signals, and the signal interconnection with Lake County PASSAGE.
· A total of 5 bids were received, ranging from $11,839,495.86 to $15,449,544.62, and the lowest responsible bidder is Berger Excavating, Wauconda, Illinois, with a contract amount of $11,839,495.86.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, pursuant to authority granted by this Lake County Board, the County Engineer heretofore called for sealed bids, by publication, to provide for the reconstruction, widening, installation of traffic signals, and the signal interconnection with Lake County PASSAGE, and designated as Section 12-00113-17-CH; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said publication and calling for said bids, sealed bids were received and opened on February 19, 2013, at 10:00 AM at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville, Illinois; a tabulation of said bids being as follows:
Berger Excavating
Wauconda, Illinois
$11,839,495.86
Curran Contracting Company
Crystal Lake, Illinois
$12,519,035.32
Lake County Grading Company
Libertyville, Illinois
$13,013,013
Capitol Cement Co., Inc.
Chicago, Illinois
$13,387,441.26
Martam Construction Inc.
Elgin, Illinois
$15,449,544.62
WHEREAS, the Public Works and Transportation Committee, the County Engineer and the Purchasing Agent have examined each bid, and it appears that the lowest responsible bidder is Berger Excavating, Wauconda, Illinois, in the amount of $11,839,495.86, based on estimated quantities and unit prices; and
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, by prior resolution at its meeting of January 15, 2013, appropriated $19,080,000 of ¼% Sales Tax for Transportation and Public Safety funds for the improvement of the aforesaid section.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this Lake County Board, that a contract be awarded to said Berger Excavating, Wauconda, Illinois, in the amount of $11,839,495.86, based on estimated quantities and unit prices and that the Purchasing Agent, the County Clerk, and the County Engineer of Lake County be authorized and they are hereby directed to enter into a contract with said low bidder to provide for the reconstruction, widening, installation of traffic signals and the signal interconnection with Lake County PASSAGE, and designated as Section 12-00113-17-CH; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in as much as such estimated quantities are the best approximation that can be determined at this time, these quantities may be added to, deducted from, or modified from in the final determination of the contract cost in accordance with Chapter 605 of the Illinois Compiled Statutes, Act 5, Section 5-205.2 without further Board action, providing the final cost chargeable to the funds appropriated does not exceed the appropriation.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on March 12, 2013.